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USAC Stock Car race
West Coast Speedway, Vallejo, CA
March 31, 1957
96 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 48 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	6	Sam Hanks			1957 Mercury	96	1,100	running	17
2	1	Jerry Unser			1957 Ford			running	0
3	4	Les Snow			1957 Chevrolet			running	0
4	16	Jimmy Bryan			1957 Mercury			running	0
5	2	Marshall Teague			1957 Mercury			running	0
6	10	Chuck Stevenson			1957 Ford			running	0
7	18	Billy Garrett			1957 Mercury			running	0
8	12	Rosie Roussel			1956 Ford			axle	0
9	8	Johnny Mantz			1957 Mercury				0
10	7	Bobby Unser			1957 Chevrolet				0
11	17	Les Scott			1955 Ford				0
12	9	Dempsey Wilson			1956 Chevrolet				0
13	14	Bob Veith			1955 Dodge		127		0
14	3	Troy Ruttman			1957 Ford	79			79
15	19	Lemoine Frey			1957 Ford				0
16	15	Dick Rathmann			1957 Chevrolet				0
17	12	Cecil Chambers			1955 Chevrolet				0
18	5	Rodger Ward			1955 Mercury				0
19	13	Larry Dunham			1957 Pontiac				0
20	11	Frank Trower			1956 Pontiac		127		0
		Johnnie Parsons				0	0	did not start	0
		Bill Hasley				0	0	did not start	0

Notes: Race originally scheduled for 100 laps; called after 96 due to Roussel's accident on lap 95.
Johnnie Parsons and Bill Hasley crashed in heat races and were unable to qualify.
Time of race: 00:44:59
Average Speed: 64.014 MPH
Pole Speed: 26.52 seconds
Race Purse: $ 5,300
Attendance: 7,500